The Pacific E09 'Okinawa' - FULL REACTION!
Added 2020-10-28 17:40:43 +0000 UTCIf you are unable to watch the video on Vimeo, or if you want to download it instead: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WXMkVKitJGrrl_U-M3bN7i2yBNQpuLfu/view?usp=sharing
The 1st marines have arrived on Okinawa, and the very heavy fighting continues.. Made even more difficult and heartbreaking with the addition of civilians. Phew, this was a really tough one, but it definitely seems like the war is nearing it's end.
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I know i have put it out there before, but a few great moives and tv shows even though not based around WWII is Generation Kill and We were Soliders, another great world war 2 movie is The Tuskegee Airman and Memphis Belle, Hacksaw Ridge is also a really great movie (it follows Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss) I also highly recommend Black Hawk Down
Donald Sherman
2020-10-29 06:33:03 +0000 UTCI should think Enrico Fermi should also be listed, more so than Einstein.
Catherine LW
2020-10-29 05:03:46 +0000 UTCA note on the whole bushido code/samurai culture of Japan: while it was an incredibly short period of time between the feudal period of Japan to the modernized imperial japan of ww2, the samurai class had been in decline for a long long time. They went from being warriors to living off of the government dime as a cultural relic. The samurai started to really exaggerate the ideals of the bushido code, making them more and more macho over time as they became more and more removed from real combat experience. It’s kind of like some insecure guy driving around in some loud ass lifted truck to prove his masculinity. By the time ww2 came around that macho energy was in full swing, until it was humbled by Einstein and Oppenheimer...
Doug Weldin
2020-10-29 04:43:59 +0000 UTCOkinawa is culturally distinct from the rest of Japan. It was an independent kingdom called Ryukyu until it was annexed by Japan in 1879. They’re ethnically distinct from the mainland Japanese, and their culture is more open and relaxed, so some people call them the hawaii of Japan. During the war, they were caught between a rock and a hard place. The Japanese taught them that the Americans were a mongrel dogfaced nation who would eat their children. Many Okinawans chose to commit suicide instead of being captured by US forces. The Japanese also believed themselves to be racially superior to the Okinawan’s, and as illustrated by this episode, they had no issue with using them as human shield’s.
Doug Weldin
2020-10-29 04:32:52 +0000 UTCGreat reaction, gentlemen. Here I am, practically blubbering with my Kleenex. That scene with the dying woman always broke me. In his book, Eugene wrote about all the dead bodies everywhere, “I am the harvest of man’s stupidity. I am the fruit of the holocaust. I prayed like you to survive, but look at me now. It is over for us who are dead, but you must struggle, and will carry the memories all your life. People back home will wonder why you can’t forget.” After the lieutenant tells them about the bombing of Hiroshima, then the camera pans to the sky where a group of bombers are flying - I think it suggests that they are headed for Nagasaki with Fat Man. I’m glad Kat didn’t watch this. I think it would have torn her up.
Catherine LW
2020-10-29 03:15:32 +0000 UTCThank you guys again for sharing this experience with us. You guys are awesome. And man, this episode was indeed heartbreaking. Difficult not to think about it deeply and cry.
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2020-10-28 21:28:54 +0000 UTC
